ABMC Malinois Rescue Blog

It’s been a rather crazy week here! With an impending home check for a possible placement for Lily I’ve been on pins and needles waiting for news. Then, on New Year’s Eve we attended a family get-together with Jack’s family. His brother’s mother-in-law began asking about why I rescue and I began telling her EXACTLY WHY we do it and of course Simon’s name came up. I went on to tell her what a great dog he is and how he (and rescuing) have impacted our lives. She then stated that she’s interested in another dog “tell me more about a malinois” she said so I gave her my best description. She then began telling me about the GSDs she’s had over the years and how she missed that type of dog. She asked if I had pictures of Simon (ha, how many albums would you like to see I asked her) and then I took her to the website. Well, after seeing him she sounded interested and asked me to send the site to her and not even a week later I get word that she’s sent in the application (I’ve already done the home visit myself- I’ve known this woman for 20 years and we’ve been to her house many times). So of the list of things I had on my list for the PERFECT home for Si Guy she hit a 10 on every aspect. Older person, dog savy, not weary of larger dogs, large house and yard to patrol, no kids 24/7 but interaction to keep him on his toes, a dog to keep him company. Did I tell you he will accompany her to work EVERYDAY!! What a wonderful end to a long story for such a wonderful boy. To those of you that asked me if I’ll be able to let him go and I replied “yes, sure….if I find the perfect home for him (never thinking that anything but here was going to be perfect enough) Well, I did it!! I’m so happy I could just…….. well, I better just go hug my dogs. If anyone asks if it’s worth it the answer is YES, momments like this make it all worth it!
Cher